There are only two bajillion options for places to stay in Rome. And that’s before you start looking at apartments for rent. Our priorities are the same no matter where we go – king-size bed, breakfast (preferably full), internet access, location. Which made for a few tough choices as apparently no where in Italy do [...]
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Tagged: hotel, hotel paba, review, rome, travel
I liked Rome. Really. (But I like Florence better.) It’s loud, crazy, chaotic, unnerving if you’ve never been to a big city. It kind of reminded me of our first trip to New York years ago when you don’t know the city and everything works just a smidge differently than back home. Police sirens (sounding [...]
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Combining everything here because our main mode of transportation in Florence was our feet. We varied more in Rome because it was bigger and the options easier to figure out. Best place I found for researching transportation options in Rome and navigating the train system to get to Florence was Ron in Rome. Worth checking [...]
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Video post!! I really should do more of these. Showing off my new glasses from Zenni Optical, which arrived Monday. (That was one fast boat from China!) I got four pair, including a pair of sunglasses for the whopping price of $167 – about $50 less than what I paid for my last pair of [...]
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Tagged: eyeglasses, glasses, shopping, zenni
on November experiment: Scheduling myself for strategic success
